student asking question

Why was he doing “air-quotes” while saying ‘dangerous dogs’?

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Native speaker’s answer

Rebecca

There are different ways air quotes can be used, but here they are used to show that the person speaking does not agree with the idea that pit bulls are "dangerous dogs". Therefore, he put "dangerous dogs" in air quotes to show his disagreement.

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